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Anyone for a little experiment ?This only applies if you [still] have a real, working Spectrum 48K/128K and you have the ability to transfer data to it from the PC (Soundcard -> EAR…
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POK files. WTF?Can someone post the text of a POK file so I can see how it's laid out?
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Writing your own text adventuresIts something ive always wanted to do, i dont want to write them with TADS i want to write them with "The Quill" or something similar, is it possible…
Its something ive always wanted to do, i dont want to write them with TADS i want to write them with "The Quill" or something similar, is it possible for me to write games with this and put them on the internet for others to play them aswell? -
Help with another text adventureI need help with another Lawrence Creighton adventure and it goes by the name of 'Treasure of santa maria'. I cant get Wally to help me with the oxyg…
I need help with another Lawrence Creighton adventure and it goes by the name of 'Treasure of santa maria'. I cant get Wally to help me with the oxygen tank on the boat. Any help? -
Frog hopper questionThe 3 Frog hopper (by Walltone) tapes on the WOS archive all share a very interesting problem: when you load the game up and press I for info, you ca…
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ANN: ZXF Issue 5 now availableWhat better way to spend a day of this summer swelter than to chill out in the sun with a copy of the latest issue of ZXF? :) Yes folks, ZXF05 is he…
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ZXIF launchesIn case you missed it in the ZXF issue 5 post, ZXIF is a new software label for text adventure games. The very first title, BLINK, launches alongsid…
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Spectrum +2 problem...I've just had a Spectrum go down on me (not that way TK, so don't try it...) I was playing a game with no problems for about 20 minutes, and the Spe…
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z88dk Spectrum Screen Driver problemHi guys, I've been messing around with z88dk a bit and was trying to output some stuff to the screen. Reading the docs, it says that I can use the Z…
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Trapdoor Has anyone here actually completed this game? I keep getting stuck on the "I want some Fried Eggs" mission. Yes i have read the text on this site,…
Has anyone here actually completed this game? I keep getting stuck on the "I want some Fried Eggs" mission. Yes i have read the text on this site, but it doesnt make it any easier. Was just wondering if anyone had finished the game? -
ask to Spanish-speaking personsHello there. Who would be able to translate one short text for me? I used BabelFish site, but it isn't very good in this case. The text is here: …
... able to translate one short text for me?
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Do these qualify as MIA?I remember a book called "Exploring adventures on the ZX Spectrum" by Peter Gerrard. This book had three text adventures (type-in) in it: 1) Collosa…
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Ported whole casettes of backuped utiltilitiesHi! A friend of mine gave me a few casettes he found in the attic - he used these to backup ORIGINAL casettes he had back in the spectrum games. The…
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What is the name of this football managment game?It was a world cup managment game, it had running text commentaary, I don't know who made it or when but I had it on a tape with Jumbly, Chuckie Egg …
It was a world cup managment game, it had running text commentaary, I don't know who made it or when but I had it on a tape with Jumbly, Chuckie Egg and Jetpac?
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HAYLP! Loading schemes...Gang, I'm currently writing a TZX reporting tool for the vault team and one of my given tasks is to create lists of games which use a particular loa…
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BASin's BASIC Editor! Suggestions?Hi all! I'm just starting BASin's BASIC editor now - and it's finalised as a resizeable window that uses the spectrum font. Kind of like Notepad mee…
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Google + Those damn 6000 game CDsNice to know - I saw an Ad in a google adwords banner relating to one of those CD's which give emulation such a bad name ([url]http://www.spectrumemu…
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Help me remember this gameIt was kinda a text adventure and you were basically a psyciatrist(sp?) trying to help a subject remember who he was. Freaky game but I cant remembe…
It was kinda a text adventure and you were basically a psyciatrist(sp?) trying to help a subject remember who he was.
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Name That Game No.312Right my forgotton game was kind of like a text adventure, but not quite. I dont remember much other than I think it was on a cover disk, probably Y…
Dodgy Geezers?Does anyone remember this fine text adventure? Im sure on the b-side of the tape it had a song of the same name. Why isnt it in the archive and has a…
Does anyone remember this fine text adventure?
Im sure on the b-side of the tape it had a song of the same name.
Why isnt it in the archive and has anyone seen it around on ebay,i need to play this title again.Erotic games with and without explicit sexual subject matter.I was remembering some erotic games I played on the speccy, and although most of them werent relly good, they can be source of nostalgia. Some I ca…
... I dont remmeber:
8. text based adventure where you go ...Spectaculator .Z80 files and Z802TZXAnyone else had problems with .Z80 files produced by Spectaculator when used with this util? I just get corrupt z80 warnings 8(
Anyone else had problems with .Z80 files produced by Spectaculator when used with this util? I just get corrupt z80 warnings 8(ZX SPECTRUM on chiptune Christmas compilation :)Hi, zx-maniax, it's Yerz here. ;) [url="http://www.8bitpeoples.com"]www.8bitpeoples.com[/url] has published a funny compilation on their site. So…
Finders KeepersLooking looking at the text in the code for this game I found the following objects: A mouse A very fat mouse. I have looked everywhere in the game…
Looking looking at the text in the code for this game I found the following objects:
A mouse
A very fat mouse.
I have looked everywhere in the game and I cannot find the mouse.Maps & UtilitiesMy new maps: Metal Army [url="http://www.zx-maps.wz.cz/map.php?id=MetalArmy"]http://www.zx-maps.wz.cz/map.php?id=MetalArmy[/url] Robot Messiah [url…
heighthow do i make a line of text centered vertically so it's in the middle of the screen?
how do i make a line of text centered vertically so it's in the middle of the screen?infocom gamesi was looking at the text adventure achive and can't beleive that infocom did'nt release any games for the speccy. i thought they would've at least h…
i was looking at the text adventure achive and can't beleive that infocom did'nt release any games for the speccy. i thought they would've at least have released zork the daddy of all text based games.Tasword 2 files as TZXWhere can I download resp. upload tasword 2 text files as snapshot (Z80, SNA, ...) or tape file (TZX, TAP). Are there websites for tasword files? Tha…
... download resp. upload tasword 2 text files as snapshot (Z80, SNA ...Wanted Software to Swap for Rom Carts ;)Wot I have for grabs is 4 Complete ROM Carts which I will swap for my wants below Horace [url="http://www.cornishdavey.dsl.pipex.com/4.jpg"]http://w…
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Commando Text Adventure
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Earthbound Adventure: Text
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Moreby ...jet set willy 2-controlshello does anybody know how to play"jet set willy 2"with a joystick.in the scrolling text it says"supports kempston joystick"but i cannot play the g…
... a joystick.in the scrolling text it says"supports kempston joystick ...